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INS Kirpan is the name of a Template:Sclass commissioned by the Indian Navy.[1] It is the first active warship that India has ever gifted to another country, it is on its way to be transferred to the Vietnam People's Navy, which will use it in the future with a new identification. The warship was gifted to Vietnam after a visit by Vietnam's Defence Minister Gen Phan Van Giang in June, 2023.[2] It is another in a long list of warships gifted by India to other countries. The indigenously built missile corvette INS Kirpan entered Cam Ranh International Port on July 8. after sailing out of Visakhapatnam on 29 June, 2023 [3] and will be officially handed over to Vietnamese People’s Navy by month end.[4]